dconfjson 0.2.0

Convert gnome settings between binary conf files and json

Dconf Json

Convert linux gnome config to json and back
To get the gnome .conf file use:

dconf dump / > FILENAME.conf

Example usage to convert conf and store as json file and take json and store as conf file

import dconfjson

dconfjson.json_writer("FILENAME.conf", dest="FILENAME.json")
dconfjson.dconf_writer("FILENAME.json", dest="FILENAME_2.conf")

To load new dconf parameters into gnome use (bash):

dconf load / < FILENAME_2.conf

To get the gnome config out as a python dict use:

import dconfjson

config_dict = dconfjson.dconf_json("FILENAME.conf")